Turkish one-pan eggs & peppers (Menemen)
This gutsy dish is genuine street food and a brilliant
family dish for brunch, lunch or supper.
- Prep: 10 mins
Cook: 25 mins
- Serves 4
- Easy
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 2 onions, sliced
- 1 red or green pepper, halved deseeded and sliced
- 1-2 red chillies, deseeded and sliced
- 400g can chopped tomatoes
- 1-2 tsp caster sugar
- 4 eggs
- small bunch parsley, roughly chopped
- 6 tbsp thick, creamy yogurt
- 2 garlic cloves, crushed
Method
-
Heat the oil in a heavy-based frying
pan. Stir in the onions, pepper and
chillies. Cook until they begin to soften.
Add the tomatoes and sugar, mixing well.
Cook until the liquid has reduced, season.
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Using a wooden spoon, create 4 pockets
in the tomato mixture and crack the eggs
into them. Cover the pan and cook the
eggs over a low heat until just set.
-
Beat the yogurt with the garlic and
season. Sprinkle the menemen with
parsley and serve from the frying pan
with a dollop of the garlic-flavoured yogurt.
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